The haze dispersed and the morning light shone brightly. Early the next morning, the Lie brothers began their journey into the mountains together with the new disciples of the sect.
About two hours later, the group of Chenwu Sect members had gradually moved away from the mountains near Nanli Dynasty. However, they saw the fragrant ancient trees around them, and small animals appeared from time to time. They were faintly aware of the murderous aura on the coming people, jumped away, and disappeared in a moment.
in the distance.
After finding an open space, senior brother Zheng Sheng, who was the leader of this trial, signaled everyone to take a rest, and then the group continued on their way.
Along the way to Xiling, I held Wufeng in my hand and carefully watched the changes in the vegetation around me from time to time. I could only roughly understand that I was walking westward, but I didn't know exactly where I was going.
Lie Zhuang said nothing and walked quietly beside Lie Xiling. From time to time he would hold the giant bow "Feng Yin" tightly in his hand, not knowing what he was thinking.
The disciple of the Saint of Morning Punishment, the dull young man Li Mu, also held the sword-shaped square weapon he obtained from the sect's temple in his arms and followed the crowd silently.
The group of people walked quickly in silence for a while. Wei Qingxian, who had always been silent, seemed to think that the mountains and fields were too clean, so he took out his square instrument, put it between his lips, turned it with his bare hands, and began to play softly.
The gentle music, the slight mountain breeze, and the fragrant wood smell emanating from the surrounding woods are very harmonious. Lie Zhuang, who has been tensing up, can't help but relax his brows when he hears it.
After walking for half a mile, seeing that it was already dark, the gentle-tempered senior sister Zhao Xin said: "Walking through these unknown mountains, you will reach a sect stronghold built by the four major sects in Nanli. Tonight
We'll probably have to rest there for the night."
Lie Xiling saw that everyone was walking forward in silence and was extremely boring, so he walked behind Zhao Xin, straightened his expression, and asked: "Senior Sister Zhao, you have been promoted to the inner disciples longer than us. Xiaoling wants to ask you something about the sect.
Regarding the matter, I hope you won’t hide it."
After seeing the person coming clearly, Zhao Xin smiled. This curious little junior brother who spoke very little along the way and only looked around was very close to her. He immediately stopped and walked with Lie Xiling, and by the way, he reached out and touched her.
Touching his smooth little face, he smiled and said: "Xiao Ling, ask me. There is nothing shameful in our Chenwu Sect. As long as I know, I will tell you."
Although Lie Xiling has been in the Chenwu Sect for ten years, he is unaware of many things about the sect. After all, he has not been selected, and his status is that of a mortal, so he has no chance to come into contact with the sect's affairs.
"Before I went down the mountain, I heard an outer sect junior brother talk about it. In addition to the trial site developed in the Nanli Mountains, the sect also has two other places. They are the sea area dojo on the coast of Nanhuang, and the Chenwu back mountain.
?" He knew that Zhao Xin had a straightforward personality, so he asked all the questions in his heart.
"Oh, my junior brother is actually interested in those places?" Zhao Xin's expression was stagnant, as if he didn't expect that this young junior brother who had just entered the inner sect would ask about such a thing.
"Well, I heard that those two trial sites are not for those of us who have just qualified as inner disciples. We are just curious."
"That's true. I once heard some older brothers from the sect say that the sea area dojo in the southeastern coastal area was only established by the sect in the past hundred years. It is said that the disciples who go there for trials have just passed their heart selection and chosen
A person who cultivates the power of the Five Elements."
"Is it possible that one has to be a person with perfect enlightenment to go there?" Yuan Wen, who always had a playful smile, asked immediately after hearing what his senior sister Zhao Xin said.
"I don't know very clearly, but the sect's regulations are like this. After all, I am a large sect in Nanli, and my wood breath energy is strong. However, I am not very adaptable to the water element energy in the southeastern coastal waters of the Southern Wilderness. I guess this is
The reason why the sect has such a request." Zhao Xin thought for a while before guessing.
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Lie Xiling's expression of curiosity, and continued: "As for the training place in the back mountain, the sect has clearly stipulated that only disciples with stable first-level cultivation of the Five Elements can enter it for trials!"
After saying this, Zhao Xin showed yearning on his face. This is no wonder. After all, among the many cultivators in the Southern Wilderness, not many have entered the realm of the Great Five Elements. Just like the Chenwu Sect, which has been established for nearly a thousand years, it has entered the realm of the Great Five Elements.
There are less than a thousand people. And those who have received the title of elder are even rarer, only a few hundred.
"Oh? This training ground in the back mountain of the sect actually requires the first level of the Great Five Elements, the sect's deacons and other strong men to enter?" Hearing this, Lie Zhuang lost his voice. He turned his eyes and said again.
Become firm.
The girl and the dull boy behind him both had slightly moved expressions but said nothing.
A group of newly promoted inner sect disciples successively asked the leading senior brother and sister about sect affairs, and an hour passed in the blink of an eye.
After passing another mountain top, the jungle of giant trees has come to an end. What appears in front of everyone is a forest that has been trimmed, and in the distance they can see several houses in the lee of the foothills.
"Ahead is the sect's stronghold. We'll stay here for the night and start our journey again tomorrow morning." Senior brother Zheng Sheng, who had been silent all the way, spoke at this time.
After that, he added: "Junior brothers and sisters, you must seize the time to get enough sleep. After passing this stronghold, the resting place will no longer be so clean."
Everyone understands that this is probably still just the outside of the Nanli Mountains. Once inside, the major sects will have no time to take care of food and accommodation. Most of the next trials can only rely on the cultivators themselves.
In less than half a cup of tea, the members of the sect with better foot strength had already walked to the house they saw earlier.
This house built against the wind is not a grass and wood structure, but made of basalt stone from the mountains. It is obvious from a glance that a lot of effort was put into the early stages of its construction.
Only when I got closer did I realize that there were dozens of houses that seemed scattered in the distance, scattered high and low on the foothills.
After passing the first few stone houses, the leading senior fellow apprentices Zheng Sheng and Zhao Xin did not pause at all, and walked straight towards the houses further up. Although Lie Xiling was curious, he did not ask any more questions.
Under the glow of the rays, he saw two large characters engraved on the slightly higher eaves in the middle of the lowest row of stone houses: Hunting Country. It turned out to be the most mysterious stronghold of the Nanli Dynasty.
When they arrived at the second row of houses, Zhao Xin greeted all the junior brothers and sisters to stay. After the arrangements were made, he saw some sparks in the stone house on the back mountain, so he turned to ask Zheng Sheng: "Senior Brother Zheng, is it possible that this time
Did the disciples of the Tianyin Sect who were out for trials actually arrive here one step ahead of us?"
Zheng Sheng was silent for a while and then ordered: "You arrange for the juniors and juniors to rest first, and I will go up and pay a visit. After the trial, you will have to have some interactions. This Tianyin is not like Zhong Yu, and it is said that he is easy to get along with.
"
After saying that, he dodged and flew towards the back mountain with his square weapon.
The Lie brothers got together and chatted a lot, then went back to their rooms to sleep.
Before midnight the next day, everyone was woken up by Senior Sister Zhao Xin: "Senior Brother Zheng Sheng told me last night that colleagues from the Tianyin Sect will come to visit later. Please get to know each other, so that you can have one by then."
Take care of.”
As I said before, not long after many inner sect disciples had their morning tea, members of the Tianyin sect had already arrived.
The leader was a young man who was wearing a white gown and had a pure appearance. He was a very handsome man. In his hand hung an unattractive sword-shaped square weapon. But in the middle of the square jade scabbard, there was a faint red dot.
, like splashing ink, making the entire shiny jade-shaped scabbard come alive.
"I, Qian Chi, am the eighth generation disciple of the Tianyin Sect." His voice was upright, not like someone with too many calculations.
"He is actually an eighth-generation disciple?" Lie Xiling's heart skipped a beat. It seems that the foundation of this Tianyin sect is not weaker than that of Chenwu. In terms of cultivation age, it must be older than that of Chenwu sect.
"Haha, Senior Brother Qian Chi, I remember that I met you at the Nanli Sect Exchange Meeting five years ago. At that time, I was just promoted to an inner disciple, and you were already a master at the ninth level of the Awakening Realm. I don't know what you are doing now.
How is your senior brother's cultivation?" Zhao Xin couldn't help but be overjoyed when she saw the person coming, not realizing that the two of them knew each other.
It is no secret that the major sects in Nanli have exchanges with each other. They are held almost every ten years, which happens to be separated from the selection time of the sects. Those who participate in the exchanges are all the disciples of the major sects.
.Based on this calculation, the next term should be four years later.
Hearing this, the young man in white shirt looked towards her, smiled, and said loudly: "Haha, it turns out to be Junior Sister Zhao Xin. I don't dare to be a master. My brother's current cultivation level is no more than Fang Gang's ability to touch the edge of the Five Elements. In the past four years,
In my opinion, you, Junior Sister Zhao Xin, have already entered the ninth level of your heart, right?"
"Senior brother, I have good eyesight, but I have only recently entered the ninth-level realm of choice. This realm of five elements is far away and very difficult."
After listening to Qian Chi's words, Lie Xiling couldn't help but secretly smacked his lips. The other person said that touching the edge of the Great Five Elements should be a master who has initially stepped into the Great Five Elements. Such a level of cultivation must be unmatched in the trials of inner sect disciples.
If you get less meritorious service, you can get the title of deacon no matter what sect you are in.
As soon as he thought of this, there was a glint in his eyes, and he thought to himself: "It is impossible for Tianyin to send masters of the early stage of the first level of the Great Five Elements to escort the practice. It cannot be just to show off the sect's heritage. Is it possible that there will be more in this trial?"
Other variables?'
After these two people met, the disciples from both sides also informed their families.
After getting to know each other, Lie Xiling clearly remembered the Tianyin disciples.
The new inner disciples sent by the Tianyin Sect to participate in the trial this time are almost identical in structure to the Chenwu Sect. They are also a group of seven, and the leaders are still two young cultivators, a man and a woman.
The testers they led were also four men and one woman.
Lie Xiling remembered that besides the young man Qian Chi, there was another female Tianyin disciple named Zhou Wan who was responsible for guarding him. This girl was fat and thin, with single eyelids and willow eyebrows, but she was a rare beauty in appearance.
The fair-skinned young man behind him is named Wang Xiao. He looks noble, wearing a dark military uniform, and his strong nose reveals his arrogance.
The young man next to him was compared with him and became a lot darker for no reason. However, the stubborn look in his eyes made Lie Xiling look at him a few more times. His name was Chen Chong.
The two young men outside were inconspicuous, one of them was Shen Yu, and the other was Han Li.
The girl named Yun Ziyi at the end made everyone's eyes brighten in Chenwu. They saw this girl wearing a light red women's military uniform. Although she was young, her face was like gelatin and her mouth was like red. She is a beautiful woman. Just because her face looks a little cold, what she shows is not charming, but extremely clear.
‘It’s strange, could it be that this Tianyin Sect is rich in beauties?’ Lie Xiling thought to take advantage of this, and couldn’t help but take a selfie of his forehead, secretly blaming himself for paying too much attention to appearance.
Unexpectedly, such an annoying action, coupled with his young age, actually made everyone laugh. Even Tianyin, a girl with extremely clear spirit, turned to look at him, and her tense pretty face softened. .
...
Seeing that this Tianyin Sect member was not difficult to get along with, the Chenwu Sect trial team teamed up with the Tianyin people and walked towards the depths of the distant mountains in the south.
Less than two hours after this team left, another team of sect trial disciples arrived and moved into the stone house at the top of the mountain. After settling in, one of the fierce-looking disciples walked out of the crowd and headed towards the royal weapon at the foot of the mountain.
After a while, he turned around and reported back to an unruly young man waiting in front of the stone house: "Brother, it seems that the group of trial disciples from the Chenwu Sect must be ahead of us this time and should enter the mountain first."
The unruly young man remained calm, pulled the bloody ring on his thumb, and said slowly: "Although the Nanli Mountains are huge, the sect's trial path is roughly the same. We will always catch up with them, don't be in a hurry! "After saying that, he slowly raised his head and looked forward, with a cold light suddenly shooting out of his eyes.